Pedro de Valencia, Francisco de Gurmendi and the Plomos de Granada

Authors

  • Grace Magnier Trinity College, Dublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2003.v24.i2.165

Abstract


The Inquisition in 1618 seized all the papers of Pedro de Valencia, renowned humanist, biblical scholar and chronicler of Philip III. The papers of other members of his circle were also confiscated. In this article I examine the two most important texts: Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada of Valencia and a Libelo Segundo of Francisco de Gurmendi, interpreter of Oriental languages for Philip III. The article is structured around Gurmendi's response to a memorial published in 1617 by Archbishop Pedro de Castro in defence of one of his translators. Gurmendi, working from his translation of the first two Lead Books, shows how these contain heretical ideas on the Trinity and how the memorialista has mistranslated many passages.

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Published

2003-12-30

How to Cite

Magnier, G. (2003). Pedro de Valencia, Francisco de Gurmendi and the Plomos de Granada. Al-Qanṭara, 24(2), 409–426. https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2003.v24.i2.165

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